12
fatal(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
12
forbidding(adjective, black, bodeful, arouse bad emotions)
12
inauspicious(adjective, awful, fear, black, horror)
12
malevolent(adjective, mean, bad, nasty, negative)
11
gloomy(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
11
malicious(adjective, mean, bad, evil, nasty)
11
malign(adjective, mean, nasty, dark, gloomy)
11
suicidal(adjective, violent, cruel, harmful, injurious)
11
sullen(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
11
threatening(adjective, critical, warning, forbidding, menacing)
11
venomous(adjective, mean, bad, evil, nasty)
10
disastrous(adjective, awful, fear, black, horror)
10
grim(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
10
ill(adjective, harmful, unfavorable, arouse bad feelings, arouse bad emotions)
10
ruinous(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
10
wicked(adjective, mean, bad, evil, nasty)
9
ill-omened(adjective, awful, fear, critical, black)
9
lethal(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
9
lurid(adjective, sorrow, awful, depress, fear)
9
toxic(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
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